Compared to other cultivation techniques and secret arts, bloodline divine abilities were far more powerful, but their limitations were equally obvious. Without the corresponding bloodline, one could not awaken its divine abilities!
This was what made Ning Xuanyuan so heaven-defying. With the Chaos Origin in his body, he could awaken all manner of bloodline divine abilities by absorbing essences!
He currently possessed two great bloodline divine abilities: the Holy Lineage Clan's Holy Light and Protection!
Holy Light could restore vitality, while Protection granted him even more terrifying defenses!
Luo Wanwan's sword intent could break through the physical defenses of his indestructible golden body, but it could not break through Protection, the Holy Lineage Clan's bloodline divine ability!
"Impossible!" Luo Wanwan's expression changed drastically. This was already her most powerful offensive technique, yet it still could do nothing to Ning Xuanyuan.
Endless blood-colored light bloomed from Ning Xuanyuan's body, mingling with the Holy Lineage Clan's radiance in a bizarre sight. His presence surged wildly, and a terrifying storm erupted around him, his presence growing wild beyond measure.
"Tricks of this level won't be enough to kill me!" Ning Xuanyuan stared at Luo Wanwan, whose lovely face had gone pale. Around the giant blade in his hand, visible rule patterns gathered, their astonishing presence howling and surging.
With the blade in hand, Ning Xuanyuan was like a true Asura war god, his oppressive might truly suffocating.
"Boom!"
Ning Xuanyuan lifted his foot and strode forward. Every step shook heaven and earth, and a blood-colored storm formed around him.
Luo Wanwan suppressed the shock and turmoil in her heart, her beautiful eyes fixed ahead as rays of light bloomed from her delicate body. Every ray contained a towering sword dao.
Boundless sword intent formed nine swords that hung in the air. Wherever the Sword Qi passed, all things withered, and a killing chill filled heaven and earth!
Then Luo Wanwan pointed ahead, and the nine swords rang out and shot forward with piercing shrieks.
Wherever the sword light passed, deafening explosions thundered. Space shattered, and the blood-colored storm was pierced by one streak of sword light after another.
Yet Ning Xuanyuan seemed not to see it and continued forward. A terrifying storm of Sword Qi swept over him, but in truth, it could not penetrate the defense of his Protection at all!
"Slash!"
As Ning Xuanyuan endured the terrifying sword dao assault, an earth-shaking roar suddenly burst from his mouth. With that roar, he swung his arm, and the giant blade slashed through the air!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
Thunderous booms rang out as the nine streaks of sword light shattered one after another. Between heaven and earth, only the giant blade's light remained, breaking through everything as it surged inexorably forward and slashed at Luo Wanwan's body.
With an explosive bang, Luo Wanwan was sent flying into the distance. She spat out a cloud of bloody mist, staining the front of her clothes in a shocking sight.
At that moment, a figure shot toward her like lightning, a giant blade sweeping through the air to slash viciously at her chest.
Luo Wanwan's face was pale, and despair appeared in her eyes. She had not expected Ning Xuanyuan to be so formidable. In this battle, she had suffered a crushing defeat.
Just then, however, a phantom suddenly appeared between them. The phantom looked like a woman, her features indistinct, but Ning Xuanyuan recognized her at a glance. It was Empress Qianxun!
More precisely, it was Empress Qianxun's Primordial Spirit!
After appearing, Empress Qianxun's Primordial Spirit paid Ning Xuanyuan no heed. Instead, she took Luo Wanwan's body and vanished in a flash. When she reappeared, she was beside her own physical body.
Without hesitation, Empress Qianxun reached out and seized her physical body from across the air. The space there suddenly rippled, and then all three figures vanished at once, along with the azure lotus.
"They ran?" Ning Xuanyuan's blade struck empty air. He hurriedly turned around and looked at the empty space, shaking his head helplessly, though he showed no surprise.
Empress Qianxun's Primordial Spirit had been hiding inside Luo Wanwan. At a critical moment, she could not have stood idly by.
Ning Xuanyuan withdrew his presence and dispersed the giant blade in his hand. Sitting cross-legged in the air, he began to recover.
It had to be said that Luo Wanwan's strength was truly terrifying. The so-called top geniuses who had come to the Thousand Mysteries Secret Realm this time were not worth mentioning before her.
Only Ning Xuanyuan could have faced her like this. Anyone else probably would not even have known how they died.
After resting for a while, Ning Xuanyuan rose and walked over to the Evil Emperor Xuantian. Although the Evil Emperor Xuantian had fallen many years ago, the body of a Human Emperor Realm expert had already merged with the Great Dao, and even after death, it could remain incorruptible.
Moreover, these remains still contained powerful rule force and Great Dao power, making them a rare treasure.
Where did the innate Spiritual Qi in the outer palace and the Heavenly Dao fortune in the inner palace of the Asura Ancestral Land come from? Naturally, they came from the remains of the successive Asura Emperors.
If Ning Xuanyuan were to "destroy the corpses and wipe out the traces" of the successive Asura Emperors' remains, he could definitely obtain more Heavenly Dao fortune, but he could not do that. The Asura Emperor had nurtured him for ten years and given him whatever resources he asked for. If he did that, it would be utterly inhuman.
Besides, he did not dare.
If he destroyed the remains of all the successive Asura Emperors, the Asura Emperor could turn Ning Xuanyuan into "remains" enshrined in the ancestral land...
"I'll gladly accept your inheritance." Facing the Evil Emperor Xuantian, Ning Xuanyuan bowed, then raised his hand and placed it on the crown of the emperor's head.
At this moment, outside the Thousand Mysteries Secret Realm, atop a mountain peak.
"Aunt Xue, I'm sorry," Luo Wanwan said guiltily, looking at the illusory figure beside her. Her complexion had improved considerably and was no longer as pale as before. Her presence was still weak, however; clearly, she had not fully recovered.
Empress Qianxun's real name was Xue Qianxun.
"You don't need to take it to heart. That boy is stronger than you imagined. You're no match for him." Xue Qianxun shook her head. For some reason, her already illusory body now seemed even more insubstantial, as though it might disappear at any moment. "Besides, he's a Child of Heavenly Fortune."
"A Child of Heavenly Fortune?" Luo Wanwan was startled, her beautiful eyes widening. "Aunt Xue, you're saying Ning Xuanyuan is a Child of Heavenly Fortune?"
"That's right." Xue Qianxun nodded, a distant look seeming to flash through her indistinct eyes. "One who contends with the Heavenly Dao for fortune, ushers in an era for the ages, and establishes the order of the Heavenly Dao anew is a Child of Heavenly Fortune."
Luo Wanwan was too shocked to speak. She had never dreamed that Ning Xuanyuan would be a Child of Heavenly Fortune. Didn't such people exist only in legends? How could one actually appear?
"In any case, although this journey to the secret realm wasn't entirely satisfactory, the outcome was already quite good." Xue Qianxun turned to look at Luo Wanwan. "After you take my physical body back to the Moon Spirit Sect, cultivating with it and the azure lotus can lay the foundation for you to become an emperor. Reaching the Human Emperor Realm in the future won't be difficult."